From the Missions Category
- 3 Feb
by UB Church in Canada
No commentsCanada Goes to Haiti: Day 3
A team of 8 persons from UB churches in Canada is in Haiti right now. Joan Sider, from New Hope church in Toronto, is sending back daily reports. Here is her report for Wednesday, February 1. Joan Sider, New Hope Community Church, Toronto, Ontario Before I tell of today’s work, let me mention the school [...]
- 2 Feb
by Global Ministries
No commentsThree Mission Team Leader Training Events
Global Ministries is sponsoring three seminars for persons interested in leading or participating in a short-term mission team. It’s a very informative, interactive, and fun seminar. You can choose from these locations and dates. March 2-3, 2012 Monroe UB church 205 South Adams Street Monroe, Ind. 46772 March 9-10, 2012 HomeFront UB church 6265 8th [...]
- 2 Feb
by Global Ministries
No commentsThe Deforestation of Sierra Leone
Al Jazeera did a fascinating 60-Minutes style report about the illegal logging trade in Sierra Leone, which threatens to deforest the country. It includes an undercover sting operation on the vice president himself. Chinese companies lead the way in this multi-million dollar business. You can watch the 25-minute report here and read the accompanying article.
- 2 Feb
by UB Church in Canada
No commentsCanada Goes to Haiti: Day 2
A team of 8 persons from UB churches in Canada is in Haiti right now. Joan Sider, from New Hope church in Toronto, is sending back daily reports. Here is her report for Wednesday, February 1. Our day began early–and nothing like a cold water shower to get you up and at it. The shower [...]
- 1 Feb
by UB Church in Canada
No commentsDay 1 for Canadian Team in Haiti
Joan Sider, New Hope Community Church, Toronto, Ontario A team of eight persons from Canada is currently in Haiti, the latest of a long string of work groups from Ontario over the years. Joan Sider, a member of many of those teams, sent back this report about their first full day in the country, Tuesday, [...]
- 30 Jan
by Jeff Bleijerveld
No commentsThe High Cost of Gathering Believers
Jeff Bleijerveld, Director of Global Ministries While visiting in Thailand and Hong Kong with three leader from King Street UB in Chambersburg, Pa., we spent time touring some of our UB churches in Hong Kong. I’m not sure what the cost per square foot may be for you where you meet in the United States [...]
- 30 Jan
by UB Church in Canada
No commentsCanadian Team Headed to Haiti
A team from Canada is on its way to Haiti. The first three–Jeff Gordon, Shane FInlay, and Alan Neff–actually arrived on Saturday. The three men hoped to do some repairs around the guest house and to the pastor’s vehicle, and perhaps some work at the Delmas 33 church if time permitted. The rest of the [...]
- 30 Jan
by Global Ministries
No commentsDeath of Arek Delik’s Father
Arek and Donna Delik (right) are UB endorsed staff in Poland working with Operation Mobilization. Donna sent this note on Monday morning, January 30: Arek’s sister just called and informed us that Arek’s dad just passed away 15 minutes ago. It happened quite suddenly, as Arek had talked to Dad just the day earlier, so [...]
- 23 Jan
by Global Ministries
No commentsTwo Large Mission Organizations to Merge
On October 1, 2011, the memberships of CrossGlobal Link (formerly IFMA) and The Mission Exchange (formerly EFMA) agreed to merge. The new group will represent 35,000 evangelical missionaries from over 190 agencies and churches. This historic decision took place on the heels of the North American Mission Leaders Conference. Present during the conference were Jeff [...]
- 20 Jan
by Global Ministries
No commentsNicaragua Baseball Trip 2012
Steve Dennie, Communications Director Jeff Dice: “I’ve been to Nicaragua 29 times, and have probably been on 45 mission trips in my life. But it’ll be hard to top this one.” Jeff is a Global Ministries “nontraditional” staffmember serving part of the year in Nicaragua. He visited Huntington, Ind., soon after returning from Nicaragua as [...]
